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Meanings of kaffir in English
Important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves.
A slur used to refer to indigenous black people in South Africa; derived from the Arabic term for "unbeliever", i.e. pagan.
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Examples for "kaffirs"
Examples for "kaffirs"
1
I could understand their hatred for the English and the kaffirs.
2
I'm telling you, it's blery hard work for two big kaffirs.
3
Black people are still called kaffirs, and coloured people are nowhere.
4
You go home at night, the kaffirs'll torch the place.
5
King sent one of his kaffirs to the police station to ask for our help.
1
There was one respectable thing in that store-itwas the Kaffer storeman.
2
An old Kaffer maid knelt at the door of one grinding mealies.
3
They walked round the foot of the kopje and past the Kaffer huts.
4
One day a snake curls itself round the waist of a Kaffer woman.
5
Our little wagon that we have made, we give to the little Kaffers.
1
Momberg will now become the first person jailed for using the k-word.
2
A racist incident is not just a white person calling a black person the k-word.
3
She unleashed the k-word more than 40 times.
4
He called referred to them as the k-word and allegedly attacked them with a pick handle.
5
Allegedly, the suspects proceeded to call Ndzongana and Nelumoni the k-word while throwing alcohol over them.
Usage of kaffir in English
1
He was on a kaffir path heading out to who knows where.
2
I gave you your kaffir concert, now I want my brigadier concert!
3
I admit I phoned Pretoria about the kaffir concert, I admit that.
4
Always remember, when you hit a kaffir, stay away from his head.
5
But Granpa Chook had done enough running for one old kaffir chicken.
6
You got to watch the kaffir, or the black bastard pinches everything.
7
You and your stupid kaffir chicken are dead meat when he comes.
8
There was a clear view from the kaffir path to the curtained window.
9
I left him on the kaffir path and came straight home.
10
For sure they'd keep kaffir chickens, and Granpa Chook could board with them.
11
The boy wasn't lost; he walked as if he owned the kaffir path.
12
First we'll check the kaffir path and then The Protea Guesthouse.
13
In a saucepan heat stock, kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass until piping hot.
14
He was only a kaffir, but I miss him a lot, he confided.
15
I swear I was at home the night the kaffir died.
16
Shabalala picked the old soldier up and raced along the narrow kaffir path.
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Kaffir across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
United Kingdom
Rare